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the united states and territories of the united states are all part of that solution. so i don't have specific answers to you right now other than it remains as i work with u.s. northern command and work with other agencies within the u.s. government a very clear focus that it's not just central america, it is a regional look. >> all the way in the back over there. >> hi. my name's tara, and i'm a public policy scholar, and i'm also a journalist. i write for "newsweek" and "the daily beast." can you tell us about the submarines, the ones you described. like how many are there, are there more and, also, how do they build them in the jungle? >> a lot of those questions i can't answer. [laughter] >> this is not an open session. >> well, they are built in the jungles, like i said, they pull them or they have construction sites in estuaries along the coast of colombia and south america. very hard to find, very hard to discover. and they take commercially-available products, and they construct a vessel. again, the dimensions, 100 feet long, a crew of four to six, some pretty
the united states and territories of the united states are all part of that solution. so i don't have specific answers to you right now other than it remains as i work with u.s. northern command and work with other agencies within the u.s. government a very clear focus that it's not just central america, it is a regional look. >> all the way in the back over there. >> hi. my name's tara, and i'm a public policy scholar, and i'm also a journalist. i write for "newsweek" and...
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he served forty-third solicitor general of the united states from june of 2005 until june of 2008. prior to the conversation of solicitor general he served as acting solicitor general for nearly a year, as deputy solicitor general for three years and seven years of service is the longest period of continuous service, in the nineteenth century. he argued 16 cases before the supreme court including the case with which we began this conference today. mr clement received his bachelor's degree from shore -- storage town university service and master's degree in economics from cambridge university. he graduated from harvard law school as supreme court editor of harvard law review. following graduation, and the u.s. court of appeals. and he went on to serve seat chief counsel of the subcommittee on the constitution and property rights is subject today is intriguing lead in title october term 2011, a constitutional moment. please welcome paul clement. [applause] >> thank you for the kind introduction. great to see the cato institute. is an honor to be here at the podium presenting some tho
he served forty-third solicitor general of the united states from june of 2005 until june of 2008. prior to the conversation of solicitor general he served as acting solicitor general for nearly a year, as deputy solicitor general for three years and seven years of service is the longest period of continuous service, in the nineteenth century. he argued 16 cases before the supreme court including the case with which we began this conference today. mr clement received his bachelor's degree from...
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and the united states. they take a much less, somewhat less prescriptive approach than they once did and i think we see a lot of convergeance around the world. with respect to the privacy they proposed a regulation that would take effect that would be i think much more prescriptive than the american approach. again the american approach is you go after violators and try to articulate best practices. our sense, my sense you will see a little more convergence. you might see that european proposed regulation becoming a little bit, moving a little bit more to our approach of allowing some advertising and allowing some collection of information. again we don't think that is necessarily a bad idea and you want to have the benefits of, of behavioral marketing and benefit of some type of collection. and that seems to be the direction that the your peebs -- europeans are going. this has to go through multiple additional votes and vetting through the european parliament. so we'll see how it turns out but we're, but w
and the united states. they take a much less, somewhat less prescriptive approach than they once did and i think we see a lot of convergeance around the world. with respect to the privacy they proposed a regulation that would take effect that would be i think much more prescriptive than the american approach. again the american approach is you go after violators and try to articulate best practices. our sense, my sense you will see a little more convergence. you might see that european proposed...
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if you look at the united states again, showed you what poverty looks like in the united states today. that improvement in the quality of life from the poor has moved right along with overall growth in the jena and in fact if anything it has moved faster. if you look at this in china, a billion people have been lifted out of poverty proves growth. i don't know offhand of any example, any substantial example, ongoing example where a society has had sustained growth that has not brought the lower end up along with it. certainly the big examples in asia, you see those things go hand-in-hand. >> i wondered if you had any comments about tyler cohen's low-hanging fruit metaphors on growth and the possibilities for growth in the future? >> hang on. if i can figure out how to use the -- there is my comment. [laughter] >> you had some very positive statistics of living standards for the u.s. poor. but, what occurred possibly -- one could possibly argue that is not just the effect of economic growth but also the success of the redistributionist welfare state, so my question is, is there a way t
if you look at the united states again, showed you what poverty looks like in the united states today. that improvement in the quality of life from the poor has moved right along with overall growth in the jena and in fact if anything it has moved faster. if you look at this in china, a billion people have been lifted out of poverty proves growth. i don't know offhand of any example, any substantial example, ongoing example where a society has had sustained growth that has not brought the lower...
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states army, the united states military, you know, on one of its bases. to me, that's just incomprehensible. so i thank you for your testimony, and with that i recognize the ranking member. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. leiter and mr. winter had said that although the chances would have been less likely that the circumstance as tragedy at fort hood could, indeed, occur again today. could you reflect on your thinking on whether it could occur today, and also what would you give for your recommendations to try and not have -- the greatest legacy we can give to these families that have lost loved ones are, i think the greatest legacy is that this wouldn't happen again to another american. could you comment on what you think in that regard? >> um, it's difficult to answer a hypothetical about the specific events that occurred at fort hood, but what i will say is highlight the nationwide suspicious activity reporting initiative. you know, one of the things that we are really successful on with this initiative is being able to bring together a lot of differen
states army, the united states military, you know, on one of its bases. to me, that's just incomprehensible. so i thank you for your testimony, and with that i recognize the ranking member. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. leiter and mr. winter had said that although the chances would have been less likely that the circumstance as tragedy at fort hood could, indeed, occur again today. could you reflect on your thinking on whether it could occur today, and also what would you give for your...
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speaker, the president of the united states! [cheers and applause] >> tonight, president obama delivers his state of the union address. live coverage begins at 8 p.m. eastern including the president's speech, republican response by indiana governor mitch daniels, and your phone calls live on c-span and c-span radio. on c-span2, watch the president's speech along with tweets from members of congress. and after the address more reaction from house members and senators. throughout the night go online for live video and to add your comments using facebook and twitter at c-span.org. >> the senate is about to gavel in to session. no bills are scheduled today. senators will spend much of the day on general speeches. they're back in session. they will recess and head over to the state of the union this evening. going to be a very important week for voting on the president's request to raise our debt ceiling. mr. president, our debt is $15.2 trillion. the president is going to ask for a $1.2 trillion increase in that debt these are astro
speaker, the president of the united states! [cheers and applause] >> tonight, president obama delivers his state of the union address. live coverage begins at 8 p.m. eastern including the president's speech, republican response by indiana governor mitch daniels, and your phone calls live on c-span and c-span radio. on c-span2, watch the president's speech along with tweets from members of congress. and after the address more reaction from house members and senators. throughout the night...
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the marin' or cin nof teogtit toort nd eme va of members of the united states armed forces who were killed, lot, or who ed in military e. g li o uis, ontisofier mas'or association, is we are responsible for maintaining this extrrdy cl, thmaris' ricu. ii tose whve oebedpy tribute to those who carry on. to learn more about our organization come and visit our wee t w.arcco. anbfrewegi see meo turn off yor cell phones, as i just did. and any other noisemakers that you may ae wh'roihad tkesoprty t unhan t n o mahi wednesday, ms. paula broadwell will speak on her book, all in, the education of genel dadps bwisespt grte wmbd gel ae a n afghanistan. she draws on hundreds of hours of exclusive interviewsith general petraeus, anhis top ofcersa oderol th nierhi codeevmend leshi from every vantage point. the event starts as it s this evening at 6 p.., so thas m.s ngwdes lyyo gqen cards on each of your seats and i would encourage you to make usef these blue usio ad eaonsst p n m atowe ilhnd t q&tng and please hand them in to the staff, once you have noted yu ti hafll ming mnsto auceuensl d odwright by
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the united states of america. thank you. [applause] [applause] [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> joint session, joint organization committee is escorting the governor out. members of, the joint session is dissolved. the house is in recess at the sound of the gavel. [applause] >> the new hampshire primary is tomorrow, our coverage of the first in the nation primary continues today with former utah governor jon huntsman for a campaign rally in competitor, new hampshire -- exer the, new hampshire. that's live at 7 p.m. on c-span. >> c-span's road to the white house coverage of politics takes you to the candidate events. >> good luck, governor. >> all the best to you. thanks for coming out. >> thanks again, governor. good luck. you'll do great. >> thank you. >> sorry about the house. [laughter] thank you very much. i appreciate it. >> [inaudible] >> i'm not thinking about that. all i want is the endorsement of the people of new hampshire right now. >> as we follow the candidates on the campaign trail meetin
the united states of america. thank you. [applause] [applause] [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> joint session, joint organization committee is escorting the governor out. members of, the joint session is dissolved. the house is in recess at the sound of the gavel. [applause] >> the new hampshire primary is tomorrow, our coverage of the first in the nation primary continues today with former utah governor jon huntsman for a campaign rally in competitor, new hampshire --...
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when they pledge allegiance, it's the united states of america. unfortunately, president obama's directive is temporary. the onus is now on congress to protect the dreamers and fix our broken immigration system once and for all. for all these people who are saying why didn't he do it in congress, we tried. we invite them here. if they want to make it permanent, it could be done very easily. comprehensive immigration reform should be tough, fair and practical. we should continue to secure our borders, require 11 million undocumented people to pay taxes, fine, learn english. then they don't go to the front of the line. they go to the back of the line and work their way up. some republicans have suggested a solution to the dreamers' terrible dilemma is from congress, not president, as i have talked about here today already. i repeat, mr. president. it's republican opposition that has prevented congress from acting. in fact, senate democrats blocked the dream act twice. many republicans who once said they favor a long-term fix for america's broken imm
when they pledge allegiance, it's the united states of america. unfortunately, president obama's directive is temporary. the onus is now on congress to protect the dreamers and fix our broken immigration system once and for all. for all these people who are saying why didn't he do it in congress, we tried. we invite them here. if they want to make it permanent, it could be done very easily. comprehensive immigration reform should be tough, fair and practical. we should continue to secure our...
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we cannot demand that only safe products and foods come into the united states. we need to offer a series of carrots and sticks, and we need to look at activities that, essentially, hit a sweet spot in this diagram. and that is if we're looking at product safety, we need to build the system that by improving product safety, then the export from these countries can occur and trade can go up in those countries. as we increase product safety, this could -- this should have a direct impact short-term on public health, but long term because we're building up the awareness and work force and practices within those countries to actually try to produce safe products. and this should also then impact on aspects of development. and we're going to address those some of those specific areas, but i guess the best way to look at this is if you are trying to assess that only safe products come into this country and there's no systems in place to insure that safe products can actually be produced and manufactured in these countries, no matter how much inspection, you're always g
we cannot demand that only safe products and foods come into the united states. we need to offer a series of carrots and sticks, and we need to look at activities that, essentially, hit a sweet spot in this diagram. and that is if we're looking at product safety, we need to build the system that by improving product safety, then the export from these countries can occur and trade can go up in those countries. as we increase product safety, this could -- this should have a direct impact...
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this is risky, given the potential threats the united states faces. unfortunately, congress is compounding the problem by protecting expensive items that inflate personnel costs without any corresponding payoff in defense readiness." so i would urge my colleagues to pay attention to the "time to rein in tricare" editorial in "the washington post" because i think it's important for us to understand. tricare costs have surged in recent years from $19 billion in fiscal year 2001 to $52.8 billion in fiscal 2011. i repeat that. in 2001, tricare costs were $52 -- were $19 billion. in 2011, it was $52.8 billion. and now much of the growth was driven by congress' 2001 decision to add what is certainlily a free medigap plan for retirees over 65, but the main issue is the ultra low fees and deductibles which give retirees still of working age little incentive to economize or choose employer plans. president obama's budget plan would save $27.8 billion over five years by gradually increasing working-age retirees' annual enrollment fees with lower income retirees
this is risky, given the potential threats the united states faces. unfortunately, congress is compounding the problem by protecting expensive items that inflate personnel costs without any corresponding payoff in defense readiness." so i would urge my colleagues to pay attention to the "time to rein in tricare" editorial in "the washington post" because i think it's important for us to understand. tricare costs have surged in recent years from $19 billion in fiscal...
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we need to do this with more than just the united states. north america energy reliability corporation does include canada as well as the united states a small portion of mexico as well. it we need to be prepared for collaborative efforts with mexico and with canada. >> can can nadya is open queue peer. >> the joint board of defense between the united states and canada, the president and ceo of the north america energy reliability corporation, the umm bella industry organization for dealing with resilience he was the keynote speaking we're taking it on as featured effort as part of our collaborative work with canada not only between the two defense establishments with public safety canada and the department of homeland security and energy because of participates. they are in the lead. industry partnerships, voluntary collaboration with industry absolutely vital in the regard. jim? >> i think it's a important point. you can't talk about the resilient sei of the electricity grid unless you're having a u.s.-can canada discussion. one area it's
we need to do this with more than just the united states. north america energy reliability corporation does include canada as well as the united states a small portion of mexico as well. it we need to be prepared for collaborative efforts with mexico and with canada. >> can can nadya is open queue peer. >> the joint board of defense between the united states and canada, the president and ceo of the north america energy reliability corporation, the umm bella industry organization for...
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there's no threat to the united states or our sovereignty from the committee. with respect to abortion, this is a disabilities treaty, and has nothing to do with abortion and doesn't change our law on abortion in any way. trying to turn this into an abortion debate is wrong on substance and bad politics. as to the united nations, i've heard people people say that ratifying the convention would take decisions out of parents' hands and let the u.n. or the federal government decide what's best for our children and that's just wrong. the treaty doesn't give the federal government or any state government new powers. with regard to children with disabilities and the treaty cannot be used as a basis for a lawsuit in state or federal court. former attorney general dick thornburgh made this crystal clear in his testimony before the senate foreign relations committee and in every conversation i've had with him. i would support the treaty if -- i wouldn't support the treaty if it were any other way. let's take a step back and look how this looks if america jeects this tre
there's no threat to the united states or our sovereignty from the committee. with respect to abortion, this is a disabilities treaty, and has nothing to do with abortion and doesn't change our law on abortion in any way. trying to turn this into an abortion debate is wrong on substance and bad politics. as to the united nations, i've heard people people say that ratifying the convention would take decisions out of parents' hands and let the u.n. or the federal government decide what's best for...
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the united states of america. thank you. [applause] [applause] >> the u.s. senate is about to gavel in, they will be meeting in a pro forma session in just a moment. we will have live coverage when they get under way. we also want to let you know that florida governor rick scott will be delivering his second sate state of the state address today. live coverage at 11:30 eastern here on c-span2. [applause] >> chris matthews on the attempted political maneuverings in the second kennedy/nixon presidential debate. >> second debate here in washington, nbc studios, nixon gets control of it. so he brings the level, the temperature of the room down to 40 degrees. it's a meat locker when ken kennedy arrives there. goes racing down to the basement, finds the guy in charge of the thermostat. there's a nixon guy standing guard on the thermostat, and he says if you don't get out of the way and let me turn that thing up to 65 or 70, i'm calling the police. so they had another standoff there, and they end up compromising on
the united states of america. thank you. [applause] [applause] >> the u.s. senate is about to gavel in, they will be meeting in a pro forma session in just a moment. we will have live coverage when they get under way. we also want to let you know that florida governor rick scott will be delivering his second sate state of the state address today. live coverage at 11:30 eastern here on c-span2. [applause] >> chris matthews on the attempted political maneuverings in the second...
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we never had the conversation in the united states about what's provide inflation goal. in fact the central bank shouldn't assert it for itself. it should be part of the national dialogue. we are having an election. the election should be about fiscal policy. the election should be about central bank he. it should actually be important this time. >> i think it's a profound question that they leave us with. >> thank you, gentlemen. >> thank you all very much. appreciate your participation and the panel. we leave you with a profound question. we ask you all to make way for our next panelist. will head up here and talk about another profound issue, that fiscal cliff that was just discussed up your. we're moving onto the topic of government spending, revenues, deficits and debt and this discussion will be led by jodi schneider. our panelists are taking their seats, first of all gene dodaro, he is the comptroller general of the united states, head of u.s. government accountability office, appreciate him being here. we have alice rivlin, of course is a senior fellow of economi
we never had the conversation in the united states about what's provide inflation goal. in fact the central bank shouldn't assert it for itself. it should be part of the national dialogue. we are having an election. the election should be about fiscal policy. the election should be about central bank he. it should actually be important this time. >> i think it's a profound question that they leave us with. >> thank you, gentlemen. >> thank you all very much. appreciate your...
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the united states. and we've got better techniques for bringing it out of the ground and we can produce a lot more. private lands are showing increases in energy production and exploration. they're doing a good job. but the government lands are down 14% because the president is blocking production on government lands, blocking offshore production. he really is. we were projected to have issued lease sales from the gulf of mexico of 12 major tracks. that's been reduces to just two in the last two years. this is putting us behind. production of oil and gas in the gulf of mexico is down, jobs are down, and when we allow drilling in the gulf of mexico, oil companies bid for those right. they pay money to the united states government. not only do they create jobs in america, they pay us for the money to get the right to drill and then they pay us for every barrel of oil they produce. it creates wealth for america. why do we want to loan money to brazil to produce oil and gas offshore of brazil when we can pr
the united states. and we've got better techniques for bringing it out of the ground and we can produce a lot more. private lands are showing increases in energy production and exploration. they're doing a good job. but the government lands are down 14% because the president is blocking production on government lands, blocking offshore production. he really is. we were projected to have issued lease sales from the gulf of mexico of 12 major tracks. that's been reduces to just two in the last...
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the clerk: s. 3576, a bill to provide limitations on united states assistance and for other purposes. mr. reid: i now ask for a second reading but object to my own request. the presiding officer: objection is heard. mr. reid: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent -- the presiding officer: the bill will be read for a second time the next legislative day. mr. reid: pardon me for interrupting the chair. i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today it adjourn until 9:30 a.m. tomorrow, thursday, septembe 20. that following the prayer and pledge, the journal of proceedings be approved to date, the morning hour deemed expired and the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day, that the majority leader be recognized and that the first two hours be equally divided and controlled between the two leaders or their designees with the republicans controlling the first half, the majority the final half. at 2 p.m. all postcloture time on the motion to proceed to s.j. res. 117, the continuing resolution be considered expired and the senate proceed
the clerk: s. 3576, a bill to provide limitations on united states assistance and for other purposes. mr. reid: i now ask for a second reading but object to my own request. the presiding officer: objection is heard. mr. reid: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent -- the presiding officer: the bill will be read for a second time the next legislative day. mr. reid: pardon me for interrupting the chair. i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today it adjourn until...
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united states government, deserve better. many be of us -- many of us are at an age that, quite frankly, it might not really matter what happens or does not happen as a result of the next election. would such complacence be plausible with regard to our children and our grandchildren? i suspect that some of you have questions, comments, denunciations -- [laughter] and i certainly look forward to them. yes, thank you. [applause] >> yeah, just a quick announcement, we do have the microphone mic'd, so your questions could end up on tv. so if you can stand up -- >> c-span is, in fact, and, again, let me express my frat tuesday once more -- gratitude once more, is filming this. so if you would go to the microphone. >> right, yeah. if you could step up to the microphone and speak into it, then they can pick up everything that you say. so ask away. >> i have a very simple question. given your analysis, what's the solution? >> excellent question. perhaps on the principle that if you're going to hang for a lamb, you may as well hang fo
united states government, deserve better. many be of us -- many of us are at an age that, quite frankly, it might not really matter what happens or does not happen as a result of the next election. would such complacence be plausible with regard to our children and our grandchildren? i suspect that some of you have questions, comments, denunciations -- [laughter] and i certainly look forward to them. yes, thank you. [applause] >> yeah, just a quick announcement, we do have the microphone...
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because 70% of all reported sexual crimes in the united states involve children. this legislation devotes needed resources to protect our children and it also devotes increasing resources to protect our elders, who are increasingly victims of sexual assault and domestic violence. again, a side that most people don't want to acknowledge or talk about but our statistics cannot be denied. in addition, s. 1925 sends a message to offenders they will be held accountable. in the remote native villages of alaska where the victims of domestic violence literally have no place to hide, reauthorization of vawa will mean that there will be more funds to hire village public safety officers or vpso's who are first responders in the last frontier. i -- i'd like to express my appreciation to the judiciary committee for including a provision that i had requested concerning the alaska rural justice and law enforcement commission. the rural justice commission is a joint federal-state, and tribal planning body. it was created by late senator ted stevens back in 2004 to coordinate the
because 70% of all reported sexual crimes in the united states involve children. this legislation devotes needed resources to protect our children and it also devotes increasing resources to protect our elders, who are increasingly victims of sexual assault and domestic violence. again, a side that most people don't want to acknowledge or talk about but our statistics cannot be denied. in addition, s. 1925 sends a message to offenders they will be held accountable. in the remote native villages...
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we live in the greatest state in the united states of america. and one of the reasons i'm running positive tv ads and positive radio ads, because i want to send two messages. the first is this. i'm convinced if you run a positive campaign, you can then be a more effective governor and bringing democrats, republicans, and independents together because i didn't tear down my opponent during the whole campaign. i ran a constructive, visionary campaign. the second reason i want to do this is, first of all, show the rest of the nation you can run positive campaigns and you can win. and also, i want to show the next generation that public service, getting involved in your city council, county, my school board, and, yes, even governor, is a worthy effort that is needed and we need to encourage people to do it instead of tearing people down and discouraging the next generation to make our state even better. thank you, and god bless each one of you. >> moderator: gentlemen, thank you very much. that concludes the debate. we do want to thank mr. dalton and
we live in the greatest state in the united states of america. and one of the reasons i'm running positive tv ads and positive radio ads, because i want to send two messages. the first is this. i'm convinced if you run a positive campaign, you can then be a more effective governor and bringing democrats, republicans, and independents together because i didn't tear down my opponent during the whole campaign. i ran a constructive, visionary campaign. the second reason i want to do this is, first...
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you know, that's available in the united states. it's been a big important change or leading to some of the increases in production in north dakota and the eagle ford and some other places in california as well. if that technology becomes more globally available as one would expect it will, you know, at first, shale gas began in the united states and became global, and maybe tight oil becomes global, and that becomes an opportunity to really change the supply and demand balance in world oil markets, and i think there's a lot of opportunities. >> exporting technology? >> exporting our technology and efficiency technologies, again, because the same thing here, to the extent that vehicles are more efficient globally, you know, we're the biggest gasoline market, but there are other markets for gasoline and diesel fuel around the world, and things we can do to disseminate technologies that either increase supply or reduce demand and, frankly, both, is very, very -- seems very important to me. i know that the state department and others i
you know, that's available in the united states. it's been a big important change or leading to some of the increases in production in north dakota and the eagle ford and some other places in california as well. if that technology becomes more globally available as one would expect it will, you know, at first, shale gas began in the united states and became global, and maybe tight oil becomes global, and that becomes an opportunity to really change the supply and demand balance in world oil...
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i hope that we can do the same here in the united states senate by passing this amendment. mr. president, we all talk about the importance of making it easier, making it less costly, less difficult for our small businesses and our entrepreneurs to get access to capital so that they can create jobs and get the economy growing again. so many times these are contentious, controversial differences of opinion about how best to do that. we fight over regulations, we fight over taxes. this is something where there is broad bipartisan support. almost unanimous support in the house of representatives. a vote of 413-11 in support of this legislation when it was voted on in the house of representatives. and so we have an opportunity here to do something that's very straightforward that is broadly supported by both democrats and republicans, at least it was in the house of representatives. that the president has suggested we ought to be working on, looking for these types of approaches to freeing up access to capital for our small businesses. you've got the folks out there in the business
i hope that we can do the same here in the united states senate by passing this amendment. mr. president, we all talk about the importance of making it easier, making it less costly, less difficult for our small businesses and our entrepreneurs to get access to capital so that they can create jobs and get the economy growing again. so many times these are contentious, controversial differences of opinion about how best to do that. we fight over regulations, we fight over taxes. this is...
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define democrats in the united states. when you have senators and congressmen who sit 20 or 30 years in the seats, and you have now putin who is, let's say, be 20 years in office, so they ask me very simple question. define what is democrat? >> you're asking me to define? >> actually, can i just piggyback on that? put it in a somewhat different way that -- add this to your answer which is talk a little bit about what unites the opposition and the extent to which the opposition is made up of democrats as opposed to important segments of the population who oppose putin. two different things. being for a more democratic society and for a more liberal society, a slice of the russian electorat. >> sure. >> but certainly of what we read here elements of the -- elements of the protesters and elements among those who organized the protests are by no means -- appear by no means to be liberals and at best, have dubious democratic credentials in the sense that us in the west think. drill down on the nature of the opposition as a demo
define democrats in the united states. when you have senators and congressmen who sit 20 or 30 years in the seats, and you have now putin who is, let's say, be 20 years in office, so they ask me very simple question. define what is democrat? >> you're asking me to define? >> actually, can i just piggyback on that? put it in a somewhat different way that -- add this to your answer which is talk a little bit about what unites the opposition and the extent to which the opposition is...
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he could make the senate of the united states sits up and beg and he did and they did. it is an interesting and fascinating story as the women's christian temperance union was shoved aside and the anti salute week was a single issue campaign. 1-to-1 bowl. the elimination of alcohol and they worked tirelessly to do it. and to compromise on nothing and willing to make a licences with anybody if it would advance their goal. when myron t. herrick who with a popular but moderate republican governor of ohio said he thought that local towns should have a voice in what they doing the anti saloon league got him unelected and the democratic challenger who was thought to have no chance in the race elected in his place. it is a fascinating story which seems ultimately modern in any respect. they were turning out tens and tens and tens of anti liquor propaganda every month for their plan in westernville, ohio just north of columbus. is a fascinating story but what is more fascinating is how a majority of americans come to embrace the notion that we needed an amendment to the constit
he could make the senate of the united states sits up and beg and he did and they did. it is an interesting and fascinating story as the women's christian temperance union was shoved aside and the anti salute week was a single issue campaign. 1-to-1 bowl. the elimination of alcohol and they worked tirelessly to do it. and to compromise on nothing and willing to make a licences with anybody if it would advance their goal. when myron t. herrick who with a popular but moderate republican governor...
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with you, but only six or seven banks in the united states that do this in big volume. most banks, they may occasional occasionally, but it's rare. they used to -- some of the big banks, i guess most of them, had a division two years ago to set up proprietary trading, some of them said proprietary trading, sometimes they had another title, but they were for proprietary trading but they kept separate from theest a esee rest of it. they are outlawed by the law in any interpretation. you can't have a unit of a bank sitting out there doing proprietary trading. now the only argument is, okay, so the proprietary trading moved three trading desks down on the trading floor and he now calls it market making. many of those aggressive traders are less because they can go somewhere else. they can go to a hedge fund. it hasn't affected us. i think flagrant violations you can identify. >> sounds like three quarters still at least. >> at least. >> just going back, the paper that you gave us has a section on it, titled "vicars, volcker under the ghost of glass steagall. i want us to be
with you, but only six or seven banks in the united states that do this in big volume. most banks, they may occasional occasionally, but it's rare. they used to -- some of the big banks, i guess most of them, had a division two years ago to set up proprietary trading, some of them said proprietary trading, sometimes they had another title, but they were for proprietary trading but they kept separate from theest a esee rest of it. they are outlawed by the law in any interpretation. you can't...
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even in countries like the united states. that my friends explains the story of this week's islamic speech code. no one, not muslims, not non-muslims, not americans, are allowed to say anything islam is see as insulting to their religion. the intent of course of our freedom of speech and religion goodbye and that is why we we ae being forewarned today. [applause] unbelievably, last december they succeeded with both president obama and secretary of state hillary clinton's help because they push through the united nations the passage of a u.n. resolution 1618 which called upon all countries to enact laws repenting derogatory references to islam, a clear violation of our first amendment freedom of speech. and even before that in october, last october and then many prominent islamic organizations wrote a letter to the white house where they urged our white house to do a complete purge of any federal training materials from references to the ideology of islam, to ensure that all trainers in our u.s. military, our fbi and other u.s
even in countries like the united states. that my friends explains the story of this week's islamic speech code. no one, not muslims, not non-muslims, not americans, are allowed to say anything islam is see as insulting to their religion. the intent of course of our freedom of speech and religion goodbye and that is why we we ae being forewarned today. [applause] unbelievably, last december they succeeded with both president obama and secretary of state hillary clinton's help because they push...
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no state in the contiguous united states had april temperatures that were below average. none. april, 2012 came on the heels of the warmest march on record for the lower 48. january to april, 2012 was the warmest such period on record for the contiguous united states with an average temperature of 45.4 degrees fahrenheit, 5.4 degrees above the long-term average. 26 states, all east of the rockies, were record warm for the four-month period. and in an additional 17 states had temperatures for the period among their ten warmest. these rising temperatures can lead to a number of concerns. snow pack and thus drinking water could be drastically reduced in california and surrounding western states. the scripps institute of ocean owe graph -- ocean og greaf explained that the warming of 1.5 to three degrees fahrenheit between now and mid century will reduce today's snow pack by one-third. by 2100 at those temperatures snow pack would be reduced by two-thirds. that makes a big difference to the agricultural communities that depend on that water downstream of those snow packs. meanwhile
no state in the contiguous united states had april temperatures that were below average. none. april, 2012 came on the heels of the warmest march on record for the lower 48. january to april, 2012 was the warmest such period on record for the contiguous united states with an average temperature of 45.4 degrees fahrenheit, 5.4 degrees above the long-term average. 26 states, all east of the rockies, were record warm for the four-month period. and in an additional 17 states had temperatures for...
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as a responsible supporter of united nations sanctions regime, the united states should be compelled, pushed to oppose sanctions on all individuals identified in the u.n. group of experts. final report, and those individuals and entities that are supporting the criminal networks, the mafia networks, visit trade and natural resources. this won't happen i do not believe if congress doesn't continue to pound away on this issue. so i think progress in part is in your inspect the fourth recommendation i will put forward, and this was well articulated in the discussion i think between ambassador carson and the congress persons on the panel, we need to suspend certain u.s. assistance to any government supporting conflict and a stocking peace. that's military assistance for sure, but there's a certain categories of bilateral nonmilitary assistance, and particularly multilateral assistance not humanitarian aid to governments, whoever they are, who are supporting our conflict in eastern congo. now for example, if rwanda and uganda are found to be continued their support for m23 and are supporti
as a responsible supporter of united nations sanctions regime, the united states should be compelled, pushed to oppose sanctions on all individuals identified in the u.n. group of experts. final report, and those individuals and entities that are supporting the criminal networks, the mafia networks, visit trade and natural resources. this won't happen i do not believe if congress doesn't continue to pound away on this issue. so i think progress in part is in your inspect the fourth...
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has not approved in the united states. the bill goes a long ways toward solving these problems and makes the most significant changes to the law governing f.d.a.'s review of devices in decades. this bill will speed the approval of devices by reducing the red tape associated with the -- quote -- "least burdensome" -- unquote -- standard that f.d.a. uses to approve such devices. the bill will also make it easier for f.d.a. to approve devices for patients with rare diseases who might not otherwise be able to have their conditions treated most effectively. it will also enable f.d.a. to expedite safety determinations, to resolve appeals, and to improve their post approval surveillance activities to detect problems as they occur. it is not good just to get it approved. we want them watched after they're approved. the bill also contains important reforms to foster drug innovation and patient access to new therapies. it modernizes the approval pat pathway for drugs. and it formalizes a new process to expedite the approval of break
has not approved in the united states. the bill goes a long ways toward solving these problems and makes the most significant changes to the law governing f.d.a.'s review of devices in decades. this bill will speed the approval of devices by reducing the red tape associated with the -- quote -- "least burdensome" -- unquote -- standard that f.d.a. uses to approve such devices. the bill will also make it easier for f.d.a. to approve devices for patients with rare diseases who might not...
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it did make the united states of america energy independent. so what happens over these past 37, almost 40 years? look at the expansion of the government into educationally separated the department of education of health education and welfare. what has happened to the standards of education and united states of america? who spent more and more money at the department of education and the federal government level. money that could've been really used better at our local levels. so we have to go surgically and start looking at these duplicate of programs, look at the great book from senator tom coburn. we've got to move away from baseline budgets zero-based budget. >> moderator: mr. murphy, one minute response. murphy: the gao had 33 government agencies that are duplicate it and do the same thing. we need to streamline agencies. in fact, seven of those agencies focus on business and trade. so let's bring these agencies into a streamlined. we need to also go after the waste, fraud and abuse. regarding attacks medicare fraud and abuse the tens of b
it did make the united states of america energy independent. so what happens over these past 37, almost 40 years? look at the expansion of the government into educationally separated the department of education of health education and welfare. what has happened to the standards of education and united states of america? who spent more and more money at the department of education and the federal government level. money that could've been really used better at our local levels. so we have to go...
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in the past year the united states has spent 115 billion. over half of the claman's exhaust benefits, and those to go on on average stay unemployed for over one year claiming 16,000 in benefits. my testimony addresses strategies that offer an opportunity to realize a greater return on the significant commitment of taxpayer resources while returning unemployed americans to work more rapidly. according to a study of job-seekers, more than half have visited their community work centers over the entire year only once. brick and mortar centers are not the only place to search for jobs. much of that activity occurs on line in the form of social networks and employer websites. unfortunately states have not kept pace with these trends creating a mismatch of available services. some states require those applying to simultaneously register with their employment services program, thus ensuring immediate connection i also promoting a more engaged job search. for many states that have not adopted this practice funding is an issue. congress should allow s
in the past year the united states has spent 115 billion. over half of the claman's exhaust benefits, and those to go on on average stay unemployed for over one year claiming 16,000 in benefits. my testimony addresses strategies that offer an opportunity to realize a greater return on the significant commitment of taxpayer resources while returning unemployed americans to work more rapidly. according to a study of job-seekers, more than half have visited their community work centers over the...
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-- vast resources we have in the united states? with speaker gingrich is trying to point out is we could produce more in the united states. the president seems to suggest a drill policy is a failed policy. it has been talked about for 30- to-sell 40 years. we should look to develop more of our resources. in north dakota we found vast resources of oil. just last week, north dakota surpassed california as the number 3 oil producer in the united states. the unemployment rate is 3.3%. the median income is $90,000 a year per job. the median income for all other jobs is $45,000 a year in the state. we have high-school graduates in north dakota making twice as much as their parents make. that is a good sign. we need to take that model in north dakota and say let's develop our own domestic resources and push them across the country. host: a number of interesting statistics in the papers today. in "the wall street journal" and yet "the washington post." paul krugman writes about it this morning with the headline "natural born drillers." rob
-- vast resources we have in the united states? with speaker gingrich is trying to point out is we could produce more in the united states. the president seems to suggest a drill policy is a failed policy. it has been talked about for 30- to-sell 40 years. we should look to develop more of our resources. in north dakota we found vast resources of oil. just last week, north dakota surpassed california as the number 3 oil producer in the united states. the unemployment rate is 3.3%. the median...
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in front of the united states. the united states still is a critical player and will have to be a vision of internationalism that is on the sly and on the cheek that is to say new ways the united states can make a difference without necessarily putting marshall plans to work in every region of the world. and then i think the other way to handle the headwind is to come back to one of the virtues and one of the success or strengths of the american approach to the cool border and that is that it does have a capacity for various reasons to partner and build institutions and work with other states. the contrast with china is remarkable. the u.s. has 55 or more security partners of the various sorts from a to z in terms of the nature of the commitment. china has one or two. the united states has somehow found a kind of natural way to operate through international institutions, through partnerships, planned states, all sorts of different mechanisms that can generate cooperation. so in this next phase of american history,
in front of the united states. the united states still is a critical player and will have to be a vision of internationalism that is on the sly and on the cheek that is to say new ways the united states can make a difference without necessarily putting marshall plans to work in every region of the world. and then i think the other way to handle the headwind is to come back to one of the virtues and one of the success or strengths of the american approach to the cool border and that is that it...
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and the united states on one approach to it. when i look at the region and i think about what the president said today, he was expressing universal rights that all americans believe in. life, liberty, freedom and democracy. they are universal but they're not necessary accepted universally in every country of the world. so you have to realize that it is not one uniform world after that we're dealing with. now, what i always like to say and putting it into context, you take the universal values and to bring them up today. i always start with 1975 and the helsinki actually accepted the boundaries of the post-world war ii period, but we made the soviet union at the time take a poison pill, which said you also must accept the right of self-determination, the right of people to freedom and the right of people to choose their own leaders. and within a few years after the helsinki final act we saw like the lesser. we saw the europeans come together on s. central european planes and the other side of the iron curtain and start to demand
and the united states on one approach to it. when i look at the region and i think about what the president said today, he was expressing universal rights that all americans believe in. life, liberty, freedom and democracy. they are universal but they're not necessary accepted universally in every country of the world. so you have to realize that it is not one uniform world after that we're dealing with. now, what i always like to say and putting it into context, you take the universal values...
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the united states have to deal with. as long as i ran it says the state announced it to your weapons, this could be even longer. so if president obama said, nuclear armed iran is unaccustomed. so that leaves us with one option. it is not an attractive one and there are many downside is. it's better than the alternative. a u.s. military iran could almost certainly destroy the capabilities and it's difficult to estimate with any capability, but i has to it would set the program back between three and 10 years and this would create a lot of time for some thing where it ends up without nuclear weapons. there is a significant upside to strike. there's also downsides to military action, but i think that these risks are often exaggerated and are not as crazy as many people believe in the united states of putting a strategy. so the most obvious cost of military action bpa ronnie military action. it's important to understand iran does not have a strong conventional military said that there has been in the military actions. so a m
the united states have to deal with. as long as i ran it says the state announced it to your weapons, this could be even longer. so if president obama said, nuclear armed iran is unaccustomed. so that leaves us with one option. it is not an attractive one and there are many downside is. it's better than the alternative. a u.s. military iran could almost certainly destroy the capabilities and it's difficult to estimate with any capability, but i has to it would set the program back between three...
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in the united states and up to half a million globally. yet influenza has animal reservoirs especially in birds and the is virus can undergo extensive changes and jumped species resulting in an influenza virus to which humans are highly vulnerable. such an event can and historically has led to global disasters such as the one you mentioned, the prime example being the 1918 global influenza pandemic that killed up to 100 million people worldwide and caused enormous social and economic disruption. there is a clear and present danger that we will have another pandemic since these viruses continue to circulate in the world and are constantly evolving to a pandemic capability as we have seen in 1957, 68 and in 2009. over the last decade a highly pathogenic influenza has emerged among chickens. rarely the virus spreads to humans. since 2003 approximately 600 confirmed cases have occurred in humans and more than a dozen countries shown in red on this poster. nearly 60% of those reported cases have resulted in death. should the virus to mutate to
in the united states and up to half a million globally. yet influenza has animal reservoirs especially in birds and the is virus can undergo extensive changes and jumped species resulting in an influenza virus to which humans are highly vulnerable. such an event can and historically has led to global disasters such as the one you mentioned, the prime example being the 1918 global influenza pandemic that killed up to 100 million people worldwide and caused enormous social and economic...
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whereas the united states is $44,000. yes, we have a little larger economy, but this is the danger zone. people were saying we could have a financial problem of very few people in 2007 as a result of the bubble in housing. they warned that might happen. oh, no, not this time. it's different. we got it under control and we had a financial crisis that we haven't recovered from yet. so i would say, madam president, we do need to take action and we do not have a budget. we do not have a budget. if we had a budget, why did president clinton -- obama comply with the united states code and submit a budget over here this year? if we have a budget, why did the house pass a budget? if we had a budget, why did four different democratic congressmen and groups of congressmen submit budgets in the house? so if we had a budget, why did senator conrad seek to have a budget markup in the committee? he basically said well, we may not bring it up on the floor but the law says we have a budget. i'm going to bring one up in committee, and the
whereas the united states is $44,000. yes, we have a little larger economy, but this is the danger zone. people were saying we could have a financial problem of very few people in 2007 as a result of the bubble in housing. they warned that might happen. oh, no, not this time. it's different. we got it under control and we had a financial crisis that we haven't recovered from yet. so i would say, madam president, we do need to take action and we do not have a budget. we do not have a budget. if...
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when i was commissioned i in the united states marine core, we'd 900 ships in the united states november . by the time we went into the post-vietnam draw had downs, we had 479 combatants. when i was secretary of the navy in 1987-1988 we were able to rebuild the navy up to 568 combat tant of the since that time, national strategy has changed, our commitments has changed. but the size of the navy has been dramatically reduced down to the point where today it's about 285 operational combatant ivessels. we've been trying since came to the senate to rebuild the navy up to a minimum of 313 combatants. it's very difficult to do this when you have other programs in place that are not directly contributing to our national security but are competing for programs. i understand the concerns about energy independence. i also would like to remind my colleagues of the advances that we have made in this country in that area just over the past few years, in a way that many of us could not have imagined six years ago when i came to the senate. the international energy agency just made a report called "wor
when i was commissioned i in the united states marine core, we'd 900 ships in the united states november . by the time we went into the post-vietnam draw had downs, we had 479 combatants. when i was secretary of the navy in 1987-1988 we were able to rebuild the navy up to 568 combat tant of the since that time, national strategy has changed, our commitments has changed. but the size of the navy has been dramatically reduced down to the point where today it's about 285 operational combatant...
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if you add in state and local governments, total government of the united states is -- consumes 39.2%. 39 cents of every dollar filters through some level of government and i don't know about you, but i don't find government particularly effective or efficient. to put that in perspective, to -- for example, european european-style socialist nations, norway last year was 40%. greece, 47%. anybody hear of greece recently? that economic model is collapsing. and this is why senator lee's proposal's important. if you take a look at spending and revenue generation over the last 50 years, you can see spending from 1959-2008 averaged 22% -- 20.2%. over the last three years, we've ineasethat to 24%. revenue generation has been 18.1 % over that same time period. regardless of what our marginal tax rate and as much as our friends on the other side of the aisle want to punish success and increase marginal tax rates, the process of that doesn't work. the 50%, 28%, 35%, 39.6% and now we're back down to 35% marnl natural tax -- marginal tax rate. and in all that time period, the average tax receipts
if you add in state and local governments, total government of the united states is -- consumes 39.2%. 39 cents of every dollar filters through some level of government and i don't know about you, but i don't find government particularly effective or efficient. to put that in perspective, to -- for example, european european-style socialist nations, norway last year was 40%. greece, 47%. anybody hear of greece recently? that economic model is collapsing. and this is why senator lee's proposal's...
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we are seeing the rise of hunger in the united states. and they give you a statistic from my state of connecticut. one out of seven people in my congressional district of south-central connecticut is what they call food insecure. .. you know, the nutrition programs which have to do with the school lunch, school breakfast programs. we -- emergency food assistance program, which is how our food banks, food pantries access supplies that people come and said take advantage of, to take the opportunity to be able to get food to put on the table. now, if you have such a drastic cut you are going to see up to 3 million people who are no longer going to be able to access the food stamp program. you going to see children, and finnstrom and toddlers who are not going to be able to get food in the united states of america, bountiful country. it is immoral. it is, quite frankly, and more. talk more about what happened yesterday, but the farm belt, you contrast what they did. for interest -- for instance, with crop insurance. the federal government pic
we are seeing the rise of hunger in the united states. and they give you a statistic from my state of connecticut. one out of seven people in my congressional district of south-central connecticut is what they call food insecure. .. you know, the nutrition programs which have to do with the school lunch, school breakfast programs. we -- emergency food assistance program, which is how our food banks, food pantries access supplies that people come and said take advantage of, to take the...
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everybody in the united states pays taxes. at least $20 on that cell phone bill goes to pay taxes. >> host: neil irwin? >> guest: why our policies focusing on social programs when they're looking to/deficits? because that is where the money is. there some ideological aspects involved as well and different parties and people have different priorities of what they want to cut but at my colleague ezra kline has said if you look at u.s. government and what it spends its money on it's basically a retirement insurance organization that hasn't got a military attach to it. if you look at where the big money is in the u.s. budget and social security, medicare, medicaid and that military. adding interest onto the dead and that covers most of what the u.s. government spends money on. everything else is crammed into a smaller piece of the pie chart so if you are looking at, right now we have a deficit in the neighborhood of over a trillion dollars, $1.5 trillion. if you have to reduce that over time and you are trying to make meaningful r
everybody in the united states pays taxes. at least $20 on that cell phone bill goes to pay taxes. >> host: neil irwin? >> guest: why our policies focusing on social programs when they're looking to/deficits? because that is where the money is. there some ideological aspects involved as well and different parties and people have different priorities of what they want to cut but at my colleague ezra kline has said if you look at u.s. government and what it spends its money on it's...
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export market of the united states. these countries are center stag. to the circumstances with chinaa we must stand firm with our friends throughout asia and actively pursue prospects for a free trade and open sea lanes and other policies that will strengthen american economic fac growth t.lobal more broadly, we face the, specter of global resource constraints, especially deficiencies of energy and food that can stimulate conflict and deepen poverty. made we have made gains in domestic energy production. dep we remain highly vulnerable still our dependency on oil and equally important, even if we are able to produce more energy and home, we cannot isolate to e ourselves from energy drivenave shocks to the global economy. in other words, we have to cooperate with other nations ing improving the global system of manufacturing and moving energy supplies currently a key to this is helping to insure the completiog ofy the seven energy corridor a serving central and southeasterg europe and unleashing our own t natural gas exports to address allies the energy
export market of the united states. these countries are center stag. to the circumstances with chinaa we must stand firm with our friends throughout asia and actively pursue prospects for a free trade and open sea lanes and other policies that will strengthen american economic fac growth t.lobal more broadly, we face the, specter of global resource constraints, especially deficiencies of energy and food that can stimulate conflict and deepen poverty. made we have made gains in domestic energy...
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it passed the united states senate. and it was signed by the president of the united states. it is the law. a law is stronger than any resolution. mr. president, i thank the chair and yield the floor. the presiding officer: the senator from west virginia is recognized. mr. manchin: first of all, i want to thank my colleague, senator kent conrad from 234d. to say he's going to be missed as he goes back go into the private sector with his beautiful wife and country. but his commitment to put this country's fiscal house in order. he has laid out a plan that's most reasonable. there's been more bipartisan support for a longer period of time and it has grown, it's the only plan since i've been here, less than two years, that has maintained that bipartisan support. because of the leadership of senator kent conrad, on behalf of a grateful state of west virginia and the people of america, my colleagues this the senate thank you. we thank you for your leadership. mr. president, i have six unanimous consent requests for committees to meet during today's session of the senate. they have
it passed the united states senate. and it was signed by the president of the united states. it is the law. a law is stronger than any resolution. mr. president, i thank the chair and yield the floor. the presiding officer: the senator from west virginia is recognized. mr. manchin: first of all, i want to thank my colleague, senator kent conrad from 234d. to say he's going to be missed as he goes back go into the private sector with his beautiful wife and country. but his commitment to put this...
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of the united states on this issue? and are we -- i ask my colleagues, are we for the first time in 50 years, first time in 50 years not going to pass and send to the president's desk for signature a defense authorization bill? instead, we'll go back and forthwith filing cloture and amendments which will be allowed and not allowed, fill up the tree, blah, blah, blah, and yet the majority leader of the united states senate cannot take up the national defense authorization bill, the most important piece of legislation that this body considers, and it may be for the first time in 50 years. we must address the issue of sequestration. i again commit to making compromises, to doing things that i otherwise would not agree to, because we cannot allow this train wreck to endanger the lives of our citizens to take place. and don't take my word for it. take the word of the secretary of defense appointed by the president of the united states and our uniform chiefs appointed by the president of the united states with the advice and
of the united states on this issue? and are we -- i ask my colleagues, are we for the first time in 50 years, first time in 50 years not going to pass and send to the president's desk for signature a defense authorization bill? instead, we'll go back and forthwith filing cloture and amendments which will be allowed and not allowed, fill up the tree, blah, blah, blah, and yet the majority leader of the united states senate cannot take up the national defense authorization bill, the most...
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it was passed by the united states senate on an overwhelming bipartisan vote. it was signed into law by the president. it is now the law of the land. it established the key components of the budget for both 2012 and 2013. here is the language from the budget control act itself. it is a very clear the budget control act is intended to serve as the budget for 2012 and 2013. it states, for the purpose of enforcing a congressional budget act of 1974 through april 15th 2012, the allegations aggregates and levels set in subsection b1 show -- shall apply in the senate in the same manner as for a concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2012. that same language is repeated for 2013. in many ways the budget control act was even more extensive than a traditional budget resolution. number one, it has the force of law, unlike a budget resolution that never goes to the president , which all of you know, a budget resolution is purely a congressional document. the budget control act is a law. number two, said discretionary caps for ten years instead of the one year
it was passed by the united states senate on an overwhelming bipartisan vote. it was signed into law by the president. it is now the law of the land. it established the key components of the budget for both 2012 and 2013. here is the language from the budget control act itself. it is a very clear the budget control act is intended to serve as the budget for 2012 and 2013. it states, for the purpose of enforcing a congressional budget act of 1974 through april 15th 2012, the allegations...
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that is not the job of the president of the united states of america. the job is much bigger than that. [applause] the job of the president of the united states is help businessmen in the apparel, business men and women, small and large who have to worry about everything from internal controls, whether this tree is paved, all the things that affect their ability to do business. and the job step not run their business, but help them have an opportunity to have the best infrastructure so that they can drive up to by the automobile. imagine if our republican friends had not stopped us from our infrastructure bill. imagine if rebuilding the roads and bridges in the valley that needed to be built, how many thousands of jobs would be created and how much that would increase the productivity of every business in the valley. [applause] it's to help people looking for jobs, to look out for the entire nation, not just one segment. that is the president's job. that is what -- the republican presidents and good democratic presidents have done. ladies and gentleman,
that is not the job of the president of the united states of america. the job is much bigger than that. [applause] the job of the president of the united states is help businessmen in the apparel, business men and women, small and large who have to worry about everything from internal controls, whether this tree is paved, all the things that affect their ability to do business. and the job step not run their business, but help them have an opportunity to have the best infrastructure so that...
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i have great respect for the united states senate, but there are sometimes when the united states senate doesn't get to work out a deal and we are presented with something that has been worked out by the house of representatives. now, we can go back to what the majority leader said, how we got in this spot, and that is objecting to every motion to proceed, objecting to every motion to proceed, objecting to every motion to proceed. pretty soon, all the work stacks up. we try to move legislation and every motion is objected to. so the consequence is we run out of time and run out of a way to get to a compromise. in this case, guess what's happened, the house came up with the compromise. the house, even to the degree that some of the amendments that my colleagues wanted to offer got implemented into the house compromise bill that now passed the house of representatives, whatever, 300-plus votes to 93. so my colleagues basically by continuing to just try to to derail the normal process here, we have had to take now a house bill that i think encompasses many of the things that people wanted t
i have great respect for the united states senate, but there are sometimes when the united states senate doesn't get to work out a deal and we are presented with something that has been worked out by the house of representatives. now, we can go back to what the majority leader said, how we got in this spot, and that is objecting to every motion to proceed, objecting to every motion to proceed, objecting to every motion to proceed. pretty soon, all the work stacks up. we try to move legislation...
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the united nations, led by the united states, helped us through that dark hour. they came to us to rescue on the brink of collapse. forever after, the united nations community has been -- and is still is, billions of others around the world. when ever i see all of them who are looking to the united nations, i am humbled. just thinking that what kind of support i can bring to them. today, as then, i believe the united nations can and must the solution to the worlds great challenges. engagement through the united nations, share the costs and responsibilities of leadership for all universal values and to steer the world through this great transition. that is why in january, as i begin my second term, i sent out a roadmap for my five year second term as secretary-general. they are in effect five imperatives of collective global action, opportunities to create the future we want, how to fight climate change and chart a new path of sustainable growth and development. how to prevent country and better response to disasters and other humanitarian emergencies, from many m
the united nations, led by the united states, helped us through that dark hour. they came to us to rescue on the brink of collapse. forever after, the united nations community has been -- and is still is, billions of others around the world. when ever i see all of them who are looking to the united nations, i am humbled. just thinking that what kind of support i can bring to them. today, as then, i believe the united nations can and must the solution to the worlds great challenges. engagement...
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united states government writes checks as required i law. it is our social welfare system such that it somehow poses a burden on the economy that cannot be sustained. no, it is exactly the opposite in fact. what happened in the crisis, and it's very clear in the data, is that our system, social security, and and related programs, including the medical insurance programs, provided a massively stabilizing force. that would otherwise have deeply aggravated and accelerated the crisis. the real crisis increase right now is the cut backs in these programs, which are resulting in massive reduction in tensions, massive increases in the poverty rate. a 25% unemployment rate, and the immigration of anybody u.s. professional credential and to see a place to go, elsewhere in europe, australia and the united states, which undermines the social institutions of that country. it is the consequence of the policies that they've been ordered to follow. the united states has the option of not following those policies. and we have not followed them come in fact.
united states government writes checks as required i law. it is our social welfare system such that it somehow poses a burden on the economy that cannot be sustained. no, it is exactly the opposite in fact. what happened in the crisis, and it's very clear in the data, is that our system, social security, and and related programs, including the medical insurance programs, provided a massively stabilizing force. that would otherwise have deeply aggravated and accelerated the crisis. the real...